EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Fort Bliss held a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony Friday to honor service members who were captured or remain missing in action while serving the United States.

The ceremony happened at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Memorial Circle on Fort Bliss.

National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter.

Since then, U.S. presidents have annually proclaimed the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

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